SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



necessary to be able to tell a yearling 

 from a two year old. about which there 

 should be no difficult}/, even without 

 settling up the point by reference to the 



INCISORS OF A YEARLING. 



molars. Look at the tables of the 

 corner incisors, which are not formed at 

 one year, but as a rule, well in wear at 

 twent}/ months and twenty-four months. 

 All the wearing surfaces of these teeth 

 are reduced much more so than in the 

 3'^earling, and the mouth broader. The 

 presence of the " fifth " molar is, of 

 course, positive evidence that the 

 animal is not a yearling, this tooth not 

 making its appearance until about one 

 and a half years. In calculating the 

 age reckon from January ist, though 



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